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Minneapolis based chamber-folk sextet Dark Dark Dark revel in the wonder that is around us always. On their breathtaking sophomore album Wild Go, which arrives October 5, 2010 via Supply and Demand Music, the band has created a stirring reminder to seek out that magic. Their dramatic sound sets Nona Marie Invie’s soaring, haunting voice against age-old instrumentation that evokes the soundtrack to a beautiful film.
The 10-song collection is a marked evolution for the group, which began in 2006 as a collaboration between multi-instrumentalists and singers Nona Marie Invie and Marshall LaCount. These two inspired
songwriters bring together disparate influences – including minimalism, New Orleans jazz, Americana, Eastern European folk, and pop – creating something altogether singular and absolutely epic. This
diversity is their greatest strength. They use contrast - in texture, tone, and imagery - to build their own deeply-experienced world into the songs. For example, on the single “Daydreaming,” Invie’s warm
voice and piano are supported by spare and clean drums, a guitar with lush reverb, and cascades of dirty and distorted banjo, while an accordion wanders its way through harmonies.
For Wild Go, the group expanded the sound they captured on their 2008 debut, The Snow Magic. They’ve continued with the line-up that solidified on their critically-acclaimed Bright Bright Bright EP (March 2010), and pushed further with more nuanced arrangements and more personal content. The songwriting is shared by Invie and LaCount, while the band then crafts their parts and the arrangements. They credit a few years and constant touring with helping them to mature and collaborate to shape the music and its impressions on listeners.
The 10-song collection is a marked evolution for the group, which began in 2006 as a collaboration between multi-instrumentalists and singers Nona Marie Invie and Marshall LaCount. These two inspired
songwriters bring together disparate influences – including minimalism, New Orleans jazz, Americana, Eastern European folk, and pop – creating something altogether singular and absolutely epic. This
diversity is their greatest strength. They use contrast - in texture, tone, and imagery - to build their own deeply-experienced world into the songs. For example, on the single “Daydreaming,” Invie’s warm
voice and piano are supported by spare and clean drums, a guitar with lush reverb, and cascades of dirty and distorted banjo, while an accordion wanders its way through harmonies.
For Wild Go, the group expanded the sound they captured on their 2008 debut, The Snow Magic. They’ve continued with the line-up that solidified on their critically-acclaimed Bright Bright Bright EP (March 2010), and pushed further with more nuanced arrangements and more personal content. The songwriting is shared by Invie and LaCount, while the band then crafts their parts and the arrangements. They credit a few years and constant touring with helping them to mature and collaborate to shape the music and its impressions on listeners.
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NikaBee wrote:
http://kaleidoskopklimpern.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/traumtanze/
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vjelobarvny wrote:
http://aftereverypartyidie.com/dark-dark-dark/
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gingerlinger wrote:
Absolutely beautiful and wonderful!
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cocoscandle wrote:
i dig it!
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ch1ptune wrote:
Does anyone know where I can buy the Bright Bright Bright EP in physical format?
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JustSomeOldJoe wrote:
Listening a short week later, and I'm stunned at how good this is. Great compositions, cool instrumentation, warm production, stunning vocals... love 'em!
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JustSomeOldJoe wrote:
So many genres I haven't even begun to scratch. These guys are wonderful.
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gweigion wrote:
I am very late to this party: seriously underplayed and tragically under appreciated. Thankfully Los Grillos (http://www.losgrilloscollective.com) gave a great thumbs up in their direction... I won't miss any future material. Like the author of Los Grillos review, I got caught up in Nona Marie Invie’s voice, which kinda reminds me of The Dø.
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NikhilCC wrote:
@plagueship..... Thank you, seriously. Just came to this page to say the same thing. Not gypsies (which is a misnomer for Roma to begin with). Definitely not Roma.
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ifeelok wrote:
floodtide soundtrack
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elektronowy wrote:
my new favourite band.
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chocolat-blanc wrote:
daydreaming!!!|<3
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Desoriental wrote:
Isso é muito doce.
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plagueship wrote:
also, stop tagging them gypsy. i love this band, but come on. the Roma are a real ethnic group and ddd do not play anything resembling traditional Roma music. i am tagging "not gypsy" / "not Roma". please follow suit
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plagueship wrote:
moar n00dz pls<3
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riotheother wrote:
everytime ive seen them live the crowd has been sinisterly tiny
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Purple_Fox wrote:
Please come to Arcata, California
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thomdibble wrote:
love it. love it.
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rhinestoneeyez wrote:
still lovin'.
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kunterbuntvl wrote:
dank der fusion bin ich darauf gestoßen. einfach wunderschön.
Videos
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Daydreaming (Official Video)
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"In Your Dreams" on WNYC's…
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Wild Goose Chase (live at Le…
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Colors (Tom Inhaler Remix)
Events
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Mar
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Dark Dark Dark
Théâtre de la Cité Internationale, Paris, France
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Mar
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Dark Dark Dark
Le Marché Gare, Lyon, France
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Mar
30
Minifestival 2012
C.A.T. Centre Artesà Tradicionarius, Barcelona, Spain
10 going
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